Show "TT 11 Opinion! 4 Crossword 15 c The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday March 9 2000 Missionaries Richard Davidson ton ol Dick and Pam Davidson of Logan has recently returned from Die Thailand Bangkok LDS Mission He speaks at 9 ajn Sunday In the Loan ' i BthllVfaLaunAi Drive Aaran Elder son of Michael and Joan Eldar of HMav has araintorl a cal tnaanie in the Guam Microneala LD8 Mlaalon Ha Sunday In Vie NMay speaks at 1245 3rd WanVHynan Stake Center 245 Apple Drive He enters the Missionary Training Cantor on March 29 p-- r T MW fc - tt 1 1 r - V - ’ft Beniamin Joaanh HaataSL son of Brent and Aim Hasten o( Hyium has aooeptod a cal to serve In the Russia Moscow South LDS Mbston Ho speaks at 10:50 am 8un-- ’ day in the Hyrum 2nd Ward 450 E 100 South He enters the Missionary Training Center on March 22 ' Brian (BJ) Henlnger son ol 8heldon and Lynetts Hsnlngsr of Logan has aoospl ed a cal to servo In Vie Oregon EugeneLDS IBsalon He spsela at 9 am Sunday In the Ctiffside 2nd Ward 1350 Eaatrldge Drive Logan He enters the Missionary Training ' Cantor on March 29 Jane Jen non daughter of Edwin and Arvona Jenson of Spring CraslL has aoospl ed a cal to some In Vie NovoaMnk Russia LDS MBekm She speaks at 1 1 ajn Sunday In the Spring Creak Ward 2394 W 2200 South She entorstho Missionary Training Center on March 22 j ' ' - : i' vrrv ? jet Sarah Jaggl daughter of Lynn and 8usan Jaggl of Login recently returned from Vie Switzerland Geneva LDS Mission 8ho speaks at 2:20 pin Sunday in the Logan 1 7Vi Ward 250 N 400 West Jared 8 Kropf son of Stovon and Diane Kropf of WaVsvilo has aooeptod a cal to serve In the SL Louis Ma IDS Mission He speaks at 9 am Sundays! the WolsvBs 3rd Ward 680 & 100 West Hs enters Vis Training CentorMarch 29 Jennifer Larsen daughter of Elmer and Shirley Larsen of Hyrum recently relumed from the MatasSe France LDS Mission She speaks at 1245 pm Sunday In the Hyrum 7th Ward 190 W Mala - Gretchen Oteon daughter of Jim and Beclde Olson of Paradise has accepted a cal to serve In Vie Ukraine Donetsk LDS Mission She speaks at 12:50 the Paradise 2nd Ward 9060 8 West She enters the Missionary Training In 7 : Lane J Dtosn son of Kent and Margaret Olsen of Cdege Wtod has aocsptod a cal to serve ki Vie Florfanopols Brazl LDS Mie- skm Hs speaks at 9 am Sunday In College-Young Ward chapel 2394 W 2200 South He enters the Missionary Training Cantor oh March 15 By JoLyrme Does the soul oo much personal debt has been blamed for arii increase in foreclosures and bankruptcies in Utah But is it bad for the soul? Some local church lead- ers think it can be In October 1998 LDS Church President Gordon B Hinkley asked mem- ben of the church to get out of burdensome debt in order to free their inner selves as weU as their pocket- books am troubled by the huge con-sumer installment debt which hangs over our nation including our own people” Hinckley said “If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart and into die family it is to live within suffer when one lives beyond one's means? Some church leaders think so 'Adam Oatormllfer son of Dermis and' qv ivyvum a Vi0 fWwlMWlOB MMHnMn ' LDS Mission Ho speaks at 250 pm Sunday In the Hyrum 11th Ward 595 S 200 East He enters the Mlislonaty Training Can-to- r CM K) WVI HI ' ' 1 mi hohin i moi uMimMr J Lyon features writer on March 15 Brady C Smith son of Chuck and Lori Smith of Graoo Idaho and formerly of Paradise has accepted a cal to serve in the our1 according to the federal Administrative Office of the Courts “I think our church is concerned because there are so many bankruptcies in Utah” said Logan East Stake President Jay Monson who has heard over and over again that church mem- bers should avoid too much debt Since Utah has a high percentage of LDS people he said it stands to reason that many of those in trouble are Mormon What’s more he thinks those who are overburdened with debt are missing out on some spiritual benefits Giving to others in need can enrich the soul Monson said but a person consumed with debt misses that ' means” The Mortgage Banken Association Winnipeg LDS Mission He apealrs 11:15 am at Vie Thatcher Ward In Thatcher Hs enters Vie MMonaty Tabling Center on March 22 of Utah reported a 30 percent increase in foreclosures statewide from the last quarter of 1997 to die last quarter of 1998 And though the num-bof bankruptcies fell slightly for the nation as a whole Utah's number of bankruptcies continued to grow Rickey Stephana aon of Rick and Usa pfryiiftn oi PfffutosnBt has aocsptod a cal to seres In Vie Salvador BraziLD§ Mission He speaks at 1 pm Sunday bi the Acres Ward 155 N 100 East He enters Vie Missionary Training Csn-to- r er 9 opportunity That is not to say that everyone in debt is at fault said Jeff Burbank a former bishop “There can be a lot of good legitimate reasons to be in debt” A sudden medical problem for example can send a person who was solvent into it crisis But John Kerr a former bishop and stake high councilman thinks people who spend too much because they want too much can suffer spiritually He has seen the effects of debt both in his church calling and professional life (Kerr works in real estate) When he served on the high council bishops in his stake refereed people who were in financial trouble to Kerr who worked to counsel them There is not a direct connection between indebtedness and spiritual trouble Kerr said But many of the people he saw were being affected Money problems had strained marriages Many of the people he counseled had stopped paying tithing to the LDS church in onto to pay off debts Since the payment of tithing is one of the requirements for attending the temple that meant they had stopped temple worship Kerr said he did not work with a lot of people who appeared down and out Some were still sending their children to the ski slopes on the weekends Monson thinks church leaders want members to live within their means and keep their wants in cheduThe - notion of working long hodrno acquire luxuries can hurt families And debt trouble can affect all sides of life Monson said! you're in debt it’s hard to feel good about a lot If of things” on March 15 PfiNfip Taylor son of Robert and Mar- - Lu reumoo vuvn the Rio de Janeiro Brazl LDS Mission He speaks at 1245 pm Sunday at the Hyrum OVi WSid 450 E 100 SouVk bbbbILi AAmI TbbJjib oi gNvi iiyior aj iiyium ivumuy Carrie Ann Teneeher daughter of Michael and Karen Teuscher recently relumed from the Argentina Buenoe Abes North LDS Mission She speaks at 345 pm Sunday bi the Logan 16Vi Watd125 W 600 North But when Samuel caught him in his By Kenneth W Godfrey Long ago God gave Moses ten commandments which clearly explained how mortals could stay Roligion report Adventists to move : Adventist Logan’s Seventh-Da- y congregation win be moving next : wee£ after agreeing with the city on a sale price for the church's property on at 240 N 100 WesL The final meeting at that address will be Saturday after which meetings will be held at the FuU Gospel Fellowship building at 180 W 1000 North Logan Crystal skulls on way A presentation on crystal skulls wiU be Wednesday March 22 from 7 to 9 pm at die Qiystal Inn 8535 S Highway 89-9-1 in Logan The cost wiU be $25 ($10 for students) at the door ftivate sessions with the skulls wiU be available for $1 per minute Crystal skulls are mysterious artifacts believed by some to have mystical powers Speaking on the skulls wiU be Joke VanDieten who has a collection of the artifacts and Joshua "Illinois" Shapiro of the book "Mysteries of die Crystal Skulls Revealed” Shapiro has seen a number of crystal skulls on his travels and is cuirently searching for a blue crystal skuU in Peru For more information or to schedule a reading call Nyla Newman at co-auth- or 753-24- Sin is sin even for nice people Calling 32 out of trouble Some folk asked questions about this and that and amendments were added clarifying a point at two As the years passed volumes of rules evolved as humans found new and different ways to break the commandments they received Jesus went beyond the Law of Moses declaring that sin was sin Saul confessed that his real motive in disobeying God was lodged in his fear of the people Saul much like Adam preferred to die voice of his followers ' of us the nice people of the earth! find ourselves in trouble because We follow the crowd Some- we how believe that if everyone the Amalekites saved some of the livestock he had been instructed to kill so he could offer them as sacrifices meetings even though God expects to find us in church on Sundays In but that everything in the world would be OK if men and women loved God and their neighbors Some people the Rev Ron Birk tells us odd the view that sins are not really sins if they are done by nice people like us When Eve did what God had warned her against she claimed extenuating circumstances telling Deity that she had been beguiled by an minder in paradise in the form of a snake Adam thought himself justified in eating a forbidden meal because die woman God made for him provided it and he wu only following her instructions Satan the serpent thought he was justified in getting Adam and Eve m trouble simply because simil-ithings had been done in other places Adam and Eve only recently created by God were convinced they were nice folk The great Israelite king Saul not wanting to waste things disobeyed ar God' and after spoiling myself believe: there are a tad too many meetings One of St Murphy’s commandments is "One of the major causes of church problems is church meetings” A corollary com- mandment states "One of die major causes of church meetings is I must admit but only this once that I have never been in a church-problems’- church meeting where someone sm is not sin doesiL While there is often safety in num- bers Deity it appears is not impressed when we tell him that we sinned and so did everyone else in Sodom and Gomorrah I well remember taking a watermelon or two when I was a lad and thinking stealing watermelons was not so bad because all my nice friends were carrying a melon as we ran toward the getaway car Later when I read the Ten Commandments again I discovered that one of them declared "Thou shalt not steal" I wu astonished to find that it did not read "Thou shalt not steal except if you live in Cornish and have nothing to do on a fall evening and all your friends agree to go along then n pleases God if you swipe a melon or two" Some people I know claim they can do more good by not attending conceived in die mind and the heart fact many nice people including church than if they are found at instructed me to go out and break a commandment or two Most preachers champion love forgiveness soft talk extended suffering much mourning and diving in and helping people However like SL Murphy I hold tenaciously to the belief that "Nothing is worse than a nervous bishop especially when you are the one making the bishop nervous” Sinners even nice sinners tend to make God nervous While we can all justify a little sin every now and then Deity sees through our justifications and our moral ambiguities and is hot deceived Perhaps like St Augustine God believes that "lying is always a sin” Garry Wills tell us that Augustine in his treatise "Deception” makes it clear that there is no “room for justifiable falsehood” The worst lie of all is when "religion deploys deception for its own advance” When asked if one could lie to a heretic in onto to trick him into confessing his heresy Augustine Wills writes "voiced his profound revulsion at any claim that God’s cause can be advanced with lies" Thus we see to v JKI - - - y A convention is planned to support empower and educate Catholic women throughout Utah to serve God in their own gifted way! The Diocese of Salt Lake City Council of Catholic Women is hosting this spiritual weekend at the Provo Marriott April 29 imd 30 Mitch Finley author and columnist is the keynote speaker He will address the dynamic role of Catholic women in the 21st Century Sr Stephanie Mongeon OSB and Sr Janet Stankowski OP will present workshops on "Living with Meaning and Purpose” and "Prophetic Women and the Demands for Jubillee Justice” Catholic women will celebrate a traditional banquet honoring "Women of the Year” chosen from parishes in the Salt Lake Diocese Women interested in attending the convention or banquet are encouraged to contact their local parish women's organization or Linda Popish preregistration chairwoman at (801) 944-566- 8 See GODFREY on Page 13 Features: Friday Outdoors: Ask your computer for directions 11- Catholic women i- V -t 752-212- 1 wv 4s JMI wrsrrrtfiiniiiirmiinirrffliriif f--- — V- ! -' MMHH i iSsraAiitosMaaMHto into sue MhiawiMu ' |